HCLS Students Send Messages of Love to Those In Need for Thanksgiving

HCLS Students Send Messages of Love to Those In Need for Thanksgiving

Nov 30, 2016

Hales Corners Lutheran School partnered with Ebenezer Stone Ministries to spread God's love by preparing boxes with all of the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal for area families in need. This wonderful effort was able to help make a brighter Thanksgiving for 500 families in the greater Milwaukee area and was featured in a news story on Fox6 news.

For the past few years, the Ebenezer Stone Food Pantry has provided Thanksgiving baskets of food to help families in need to have a nutritious meal to celebrate with their loved ones. Throughout the month of November, donations came in to support this effort and, for only $25, donors could ensure that families would have all the fixings to make a delicious holiday meal. But before delivering the meal boxes, HCLS students were able to add a little love to each box.

Participating students did their part by decorating the meal boxes with inspirational messages of thanksgiving and God's Word to add a special touch for the families who would receive them. In the Fox6 news segment, students shared what they were thankful for: "I'm thankful for my friends and family and a good Lutheran school that I can go to and all my good teachers that help me learn new things every day." Students who participated were asked to reflect on the blessings in their lives and to reach out to be a blessing to those in need.

And a blessing they were. In fact, all those involved in this effort were a blessing to the appreciative families who received Thanksgiving meals - from those who donated, to the volunteers who helped prepare the boxes, the students and those who helped distribute them. LINC Milwaukee was among those organizations involved in this effort and shared their gratitude for the impact it had. "Thankful for Hales Corners Lutheran Church, who provided these thanksgiving meal kits, turkeys, and pies to help families of incarcerated women to have a wonderful day," Pastor Joe Robb posted to the LINC Milwaukee Facebook page. "Thankful that God has put these people in my life!"

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